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Difference between passive and intransitive for positive verbs [duplicate]
I saw this answer for how the nuance changes between the use of passive and intransitive verbs when the verb is negative. I was wondering what the difference is with a positive verb. Here's an example:...
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Difference between intransitive and passive?
I was thinking about Japanese passive and made the following example
壊すー>壊される which means to be broken
But looking at the English definition of "to be broken", isn't there another Japanese word for ...
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Passive form - The exact difference between を and が
I've seen this question asked before, but i feel the answer didn't quite answer all my questions, so here goes.
Now, I am rather sure that this:
ケーキが食べられた
Means:
The cake was eaten. (by ...
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Difference between 折る and 折れる
What's the difference between 折【お】る and 折【お】れる? According to my dictionary, they both mean to break or to fold. When would you use one over the other? These verbs are on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list.
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How do you use 教わる【おそわる】?
I understand that 教わる【おそわる】 is the intransitive of 教える【おしえる】 (to teach), however I'm not sure how to use it properly outside of possibly in an adjectival context (e.g. 授業で教わったこと). In practice, what ...
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Xに捕まる vs Xに捕まえられる
Xに捕まる was used when describing the speaker getting grabbed by X when trying to leave.
Why was the intransitive used over passive when it was Xに...?
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How should I understand the use of particle に in the context of 受身形 and 自動詞 in these sentences?
夕焼けに染まる
夕焼けに染められる
I got both examples from here and here respectively. I understand what these sentences mean, but I'm a little confused as to how sentence particle ’に’ works in these sentences. If ...
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Why are there separate passive versions of so many verbs? How do they differ in meaning from the regular passive conjugation?
The example I came across today (though I've seen this with many other verbs):
「潰れる」 – "to be crushed"
which, as far as I can tell, means exactly the same as 「潰される」, the passive form of「潰す」.
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Distinction of using を/に instead of が
さあ次もビーチバレーという名のウォッチング[に]勤しむぜ！- Ok, next, lets endeavor to watch beach
volleyball !
それにしても、人間世界はじつに物[に]あふれておるな。- That being said, the world of humans is actually overflowing with things (this ...
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Struggling with identifying the 'correct' verb here (+intransitivity)
This sentence is giving me a hard time ...
「下り坂を休まれちまった、残りは１０００と数百...」
(The sentence was uttered during a horse race when the speaker was passed by other competitors as he was saving his horse's ...
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